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A40 Horwitz Defense
1d4e62Qd2Qf63h3Nh64Rh2e55h4exd46Rh3Ng47Nf3Bc58Nxd4Qxf2+9Kd1Qxf1+10Qe1Nf2+11Kd2Bb4+12Rc3Bxc3+13Kxc3Qxe1+14Kc4Ne415Bg5f616Bxf6gxf617Nf3Qxe2+18Kb4Qxc219h5Qc5+20Kb3Nc621Nh4Qc4+22Ka3Nc523b4Qxb4#
0-1
Checkmate, Black is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kNyHVaB8"] [Date "2020.06.21"] [Round "-"] [White "dragos-ieremie_8"] [Black "ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.06.21"] [UTCTime "15:10:32"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1808"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd2 Qf6 3. h3 Nh6 4. Rh2 e5 5. h4 exd4 6. Rh3 Ng4 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 9. Kd1 Qxf1+ 10. Qe1 Nf2+ 11. Kd2 Bb4+ 12. Rc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kxc3 Qxe1+ 14. Kc4 Ne4 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nf3 Qxe2+ 18. Kb4 Qxc2 19. h5 Qc5+ 20. Kb3 Nc6 21. Nh4 Qc4+ 22. Ka3 Nc5 23. b4 Qxb4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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  1111111½1111111111ivan17½
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